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TIL of Fennos Paradox, which explains why Americans hate Congress but love their own congressman

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oB1jY TIL a study conducted at the University of Montreal showed that young people who played the 1996 game Super Mario 64 for just two months had increased spatial and episodic memory, which improves brain capacity and helping to forestall dementia.
x6787 TIL that it took Boeing less than 3 years from starting the 747 project to first flight. The first commercial flight occurred 11 months later.
4ZrN TIL Josef Mengele, a Nazi doctor who fled to South America after WW2, would use fake names to fly under the radar. One such name was, “Jose Mengele.”
J1LPV TIL about Le Club des Chefs des Chefs, an international culinary organisation of chefs to world leaders. Members include the chef of king Charles III, the head chef of the White House, the chefs of the presidents of India and South Africa
0jKy TIL that the phrase “Great minds think alike” is only half of it. The full phrase is “Great minds think alike, but fools rarely differ.”